The Palestinian Authority freed Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin from house arrest. Yassin was placed under house arrest shortly after the signing of the Wye accord in October during a crackdown by the self-rule authority on Islamic militants who had threatened to undermine the accord and attack Palestinian leaders.
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